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BOOdle

@boidle.bsky.social

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~P. K. Dick I ❤️ snark, dogs, birds, GOP infighting & #PostcardsToVoters I hate cilantro, fascism, bigotry & the carried-interest loophole.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 2h

S'okay...hungry people won't know they're hungry if the government doesn't tell them. 🤫

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 2h

Ukrainian teacher lets kids sleep through morning lessons after the night of Russian terror.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 16h

Ginsu knives or GTFO.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

i feel like everything bari weiss does is treated like she's a network exec in 1973 when she's really just a LARPer at the helm of a particularly irrelevant brand while TV news is dying.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 17h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 16h

I like Kimmel's explanation...that the batteries in dildos sometimes need to be recharged.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 16h

I will never fail to be inspired by the brave heroics of the citizens trying to save #WarRavagedPortland.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 19h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 16h

I'm thinking about NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver who was arrested for performing legit oversight over ICE detention facility in May of this year.

Grand jury indictment more than a month later. How many grand juries refused to return a true bill before that?

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19h

I’m not autistic, just a parent to an autistic kid w/ fairly significant support needs, but I personally find it very frustrating to see so many people fixated on preventing, reducing, or “curing” autism and neurodiversity instead of talking about inclusion + getting folks whatever support they need

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 17h

What could possibly go wrong? 🤔

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

BREAKING: The U.S. says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor Gaza ceasefire deal.

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials say.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17h

Perry: "Chicago's history of strained policing community relations is extremely well documented, but also fairly nuanced. It's something I think state and local authorities understand extremely well, and it can be hard for federal authorities, and certainly those from Texas, to appreciate."

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks. I had heard estimates were low (hence the many ham sandwich comments), but I didn't know if there were actual data, or just guesstimates.

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 17h

Algo heard you were interested in the Linkin Douglas debates.

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 17h

For these guys, grievance is a virtue.

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 17h

Grand juries are secret, so do we always know how often prosecutors *fail* to get a true bill? Genuine question...IANAL.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 17h

I understand that grand juries are secret, but aren't grand jurors allowed to talk about the proceedings afterwards?

Are there legal consequences if it's discovered that the prosecution actually told lies to get a true bill?

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 18h

I am. 😀

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder if there was a previous grand jury that refused to indict?

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 18h

We all know the *real crime* is that she successfully prosecuted Trump for his fraudulent business schemes.
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump in N.Y., is indicted on one count of bank fraud

The indictment comes after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute James, who successfully sued Trump and his company for inflating the value of some of its properties.

www.npr.org

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 18h

He seems nice.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 19h

Ah, it's a new frontier in Republican lawfare: buying off noisome plaintiffs. :

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 20h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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💀🔥Squirm in Hell-ville🔥💀 @rhetorusrex.bsky.social · 22h

Every time someone offers me something that AI can supposedly do for me, I have to remind them that that's just what my brain does. I was hired because of what my brain can do. Don't hire me to do it and then ask me to use AI to do it for me.

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BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 18h

Dominion seems to be saying that their corporate interests are now completely aligned with the interests of the GOP. 😬

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 1d

AOC 2028!

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 1d

These literalists are too much.

BOOdle @boidle.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds good to me.